Comments on: Researchers "Addicted" to Bogus Internet Studies

By: steve

steve — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:25:08 +0000

The net does make researchers and reporters lazy imo.

Just glad finished uni before the net really caught on, saved me so much time ripping from the net =]

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By: Benson

Benson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:02:30 +0000

Addiction to cellphone,social media and computer is very popular in china compus too.

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By: mr-crash

mr-crash — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:53:21 +0000

"Nothing is absolute"

Would you say this statement is absolutely true? ;)

I think it's best to couch addiction in chemical terms. There are, of course, some noteworthy divergences from this - like gambling - where there's a clear association with reward mechanisms and reinforcement but it's still got its basis in dopaminergic pathways.

But something like extreme use of the internet, is probably better characterised as an obsessive/compulsive problem and is also probably tied up (as Mr Ingram has pointed out) with other things - many people use it to socialise, find out relevant information for work, school, employment etc. etc.

It would be a tad naive to characterise so diverse a group of behaviours and reasons for said behaviours as all being the same "internet addiction".

By: lifeaftereighty

lifeaftereighty — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:43:39 +0000

We're living in an exagerated world. It's just that the word addiction is over used. There's another one.

Have you noticed how frequently we hear the word "absolutely" on TV these days. Nothing is absolute and nobody knows what addition means either.

By: Jean Smith

Jean Smith — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:57:37 +0000

That's funny, Mathew. I felt like I was addicted to you for a while but then I got over you so quickly when your "performance anxiety" ended the good times. So, I think you are right. Addiction is just a word. Silly researchers.

By: Clyde Smith

Clyde Smith — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:42:39 +0000

This study may actually have revealed how widespread the language of addiction, dependence and recovery has become.

By: don

don — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:00:23 +0000

Blame it on GW who said we were 'addicted' to oil.

Apparently, being dependent on anything is being addicted.